Boeing's oft-delayed 787 Dreamliner made its maiden commercial flight on Wednesday, flying from Japan to Hong Kong in All Nippon Airways livery. The lightweight composite plane was supposed to enter commercial service back in May of 2008, but numerous supply chain and design issues forced multiple
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We hate the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling regarding Boeing ... in fact, we've said so repeatedly. The move is clearly an effort by the administration of Barack Obama to discourage companies from locating new jobs to right-to-work states - and it should be fought tooth and nail. Having
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S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis is pressing the S.C. Department of Commerce to provide details regarding the massive taxpayer-funded incentives package approved for aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Unfortunately, he's not getting any answers. In a letter sent to the Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt on September
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A major automotive company is on the verge of locating a new facility in Sumter County, South Carolina, sources at the S.C. Department of Commerce tell FITS. Our sources declined to name the company - or even provide us with Commerce's internal "project name" for the pending deal - but they agreed
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Boeing finally delivered the first commercial Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways on Sunday - more than three years behind schedule. That's one plane down, more than 800 to go. The Dreamliner was supposed to enter commercial service back in May 2008, but numerous supply chain and design issues
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We already knew that the state of South Carolina made aircraft manufacturer Boeing an offer that it couldn't refuse ... after all, the company agreed to locate its second Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston. And why not? The Palmetto state's record-setting $900 million incentives package
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The anti-free market jihad that's being waged by U.S. President Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Boeing isn't sitting well with the American public. According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, 64 percent of Americans believe that the aircraft manufacturer should be permitted
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is attempting to reclaim his former frontrunner status in early-voting South Carolina by pandering to Palmetto state voters on labor issues during a visit to Boeing's new facility in North Charleston, S.C. But will Romney's gambit pay off? And more importantly,
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For Immediate Release: September 7, 2011 Office of U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) Contact: Wesley Denton (202) 228-5079 DeMint to Meet with Boeing Officials & Employees, Speak to State House Speakers from Across U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South
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South Carolina's economy is back in the toilet ... not that it ever really left the toilet (at least not when compared with the rest of the nation). Our unemployment rate is the nation's third-highest, our competitive position is deteriorating and our state's economy has officially slipped back into
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's failure to follow through on her aggressive anti-union rhetoric resulted in a federal judge tossing a lawsuit that was filed against her and her labor czarina earlier this year. You gotta love it when failure to follow-through pays off, right? Haley and Catherine Templeton,
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The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) - a quasi-public "economic development" agency which just built a 78,000-square foot, state-of-the-art "Innovation Center" in Columbia, S.C. - could be on the verge of building a new office park in Charleston harbor. For those of you unfamiliar with SCRA,
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